Turtles in Fiji

 Ocean diving, Reef diving  1 Response »
May 162011
 
Turtles in Fiji

About the dive In July of 2010, I spent a week in Fiji doing some beautiful tropical diving. With 26 degree water and ocean visibility as you would expect, I clicked the shutter a lot of times. This was also my first trip after purchasing the two Inon z240 MkIV strobes, which I’d taken on one practise weekend in the caves beforehand. We went out with Scuba Bula, who have a very efficient operation set up at the Seashell @ Momi resort. With local dive guides with excellent local knowledge pointing out all kinds of things, I had a ball with the camera. With very small numbers of divers around, we were able to select our dive sites and tailor [read more…]

The Chasm in Piccaninnie Ponds

 Cave diving, Mt Gambier  1 Response »
May 092011
 
The Chasm in Piccaninnie Ponds

  About the dive Piccaninnie Ponds is a spectacular freshwater cave formation in South Australia, where spring water filtering up through the limestone has created beautiful formations up the walls. Normally the water is crystal clear on entry, with limitless visibility. After swimming across the First Pond and through the fringing reeds, divers descend into the canyon-like Chasm, where the Dogleg at 40m can be seen from the surface. At the far end the Chasm develops a roof to form the Cathedral. On this particular dive, I turned up at the Ponds with my parents to discover recent rainfall had led to muddy water running off the surrounding swamp and into the First Pond. Vis here was about a metre, [read more…]

Tommy Graham’s Cave Doorway

 Cave diving, Nullarbor  3 Responses »
Apr 302011
 
Tommy Graham's Cave Doorway

About the cave Tommy Grahams Cave is located on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia. A large tunnel leads down from the initial entry point, moving through a more restrictive collapse area, before opening up again. This second tunnel area has an entrance to a lower section of the cave, and also ascends to an enclosed air space. With high CO2 levels, not many divers clamber over this rockpile to reach the sump on the other side. After a brief attempt at carrying my twin 100s over, I was one of the ones who decided turning back would be more sensible. Probably the most memorable feature of this cave is the access to the water. The surface of the Nullarbor [read more…]

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